Football transfer news 2018
Here are some of the biggest football transfer news stories from 2018:
January 2018
- Alexis Sánchez joins Manchester United from Arsenal in a swap deal for Henrikh Mkhitaryan (January 22)
- Virgil van Dijk joins Liverpool from Southampton for £75 million (January 24)
- Olivier Giroud joins Chelsea from Arsenal for £18 million (January 31)
Summer 2018
- Cristiano Ronaldo joins Juventus from Real Madrid for £88 million (July 16)
- Paul Pogba signs a new contract with Manchester United, worth £290,000 per week (July 7)
- Harry Maguire joins Manchester United from Leicester City for £80 million (July 9)
- Alisson Becker joins Liverpool from Roma for £67 million (July 19)
- Jorginho joins Chelsea from Napoli for £57 million (July 14)
- Kepa Arrizabalaga joins Chelsea from Athletic Bilbao for £72 million (August 8)
- Yerry Mina joins Everton from Barcelona for £27.2 million (August 29)
- Lucas Torreira joins Arsenal from Sampdoria for £25 million (July 11)
- Bernd Leno joins Arsenal from Bayer Leverkusen for £19.3 million (July 7)
- Riyad Mahrez joins Manchester City from Leicester City for £60 million (July 11)
Other notable transfers
- Romelu Lukaku joins Inter Milan from Manchester United for £75 million (July 7)
- Philippe Coutinho joins Barcelona from Liverpool for £142 million (January 6)
- Ousmane Dembélé joins Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund for £96.8 million (August 25)
- Toby Alderweireld joins Tottenham Hotspur from Southampton for £13.5 million (July 12)
- Wilfried Zaha joins Crystal Palace from Manchester United for £3 million (January 31)
These are just a few of the many transfer deals that took place in 2018. It was a busy summer transfer window, with many big-name players making moves to new clubs.